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Novus Therapeutics (NVUS) Competitors

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NVUS vs. IBIO, TAOX, MTNB, AEON, OBSV, NRBO, AEZS, GRAY, CPHI, and OGEN

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include iBio (IBIO), Synaptogenix (TAOX), Matinas Biopharma (MTNB), AEON Biopharma (AEON), ObsEva (OBSV), NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals (NRBO), Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), Graybug Vision (GRAY), China Pharma (CPHI), and Oragenics (OGEN).

Novus Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Novus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVUS) and iBio (NYSE:IBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

iBio has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 532.11%. Given iBio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iBio is more favorable than Novus Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Novus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
iBio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Novus Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iBio.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.12
iBio$375K41.46-$24.91MN/AN/A

7.9% of iBio shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of iBio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

iBio's return on equity of -73.15% beat Novus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Novus TherapeuticsN/A -133.49% -30.52%
iBio N/A -73.15%-45.51%

In the previous week, iBio had 4 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for iBio and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. iBio's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that iBio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Novus Therapeutics Neutral
iBio Neutral

Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iBio has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

iBio beats Novus Therapeutics on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.73M$832.60M$5.76B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%4.41%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.121.1731.1026.05
Price / SalesN/A26.34433.22103.03
Price / CashN/A19.5637.7358.48
Price / Book0.206.659.536.61
Net Income-$16.01M-$4.94M$3.26B$265.56M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$2.60
+1.6%
N/A-13.2%$3.73MN/A-0.127High Trading Volume
IBIO
iBio
1.9179 of 5 stars
$0.73
-1.3%
$5.00
+582.2%
-60.3%$12.27M$375K0.00100News Coverage
Gap Down
TAOX
Synaptogenix
N/A$6.96
-16.5%
N/AN/A$11.59MN/A-0.354Earnings Report
Gap Up
MTNB
Matinas Biopharma
0.7235 of 5 stars
$1.70
-0.6%
N/AN/A$8.65MN/A-0.3530
AEON
AEON Biopharma
2.9126 of 5 stars
$0.73
-3.2%
$360.00
+49,147.6%
-98.9%$8.26MN/A4.065Gap Down
OBSV
ObsEva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$7.94MN/A0.0050Gap Down
NRBO
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.65
+1.7%
N/A-82.5%$5.61MN/A0.0010High Trading Volume
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$2.89
+1.4%
N/A-55.3%$5.18M$2.37M-0.1920
GRAY
Graybug Vision
N/A$2.94
+1.1%
N/A-33.3%$4.62MN/A-1.7027Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CPHI
China Pharma
N/A$1.41
-4.1%
N/A-93.2%$4.60M$4.30M0.00250Gap Up
OGEN
Oragenics
0.2279 of 5 stars
$1.06
-3.6%
N/A-95.9%$4.54MN/A-0.155Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:NVUS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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